The atomic bomb
North Korea now has a hydrogen bomb. Maybe. Even if the bomb North Korea detonated on Sunday was not a hydrogen bomb, it was North Korea’s most powerful bomb yet.…
The atomic club
After the US nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, preventing the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) became an important challenge for the international community. While the world’s major…
Enabler of a dirty bomb
The justification George W Bush gave for the 2003 Iraq invasion was an accusation of Saddam’s ramping up Iraq’s nuclear programme and possession of WMDs. These criminally false claims were…
Nuclear bomb: from wonder to worry
The 20th century itself was the eighth wonder. The fast-paced development and innovation amazed everyone. With every tick of the clock, something new emerged which shook the whole world to…
Lessons from Libya
ONE of the most catastrophic floods in Libya not just killed thousands and left behind tossed-up cars and heaps of rubble but also bequeathed lessons for the world. Climate change,…
Ghost in the machine
THE already heated debate around the potential and pitfalls of artificial intelligence reached fever pitch last week, when some of the most respected leaders working in the field got together…
Don’t blame the Chinese
AN exam question for CSS aspirants: what’s higher than the Himalayas, deeper than the seas, stronger than steel, and sweeter than honey? Well, dear candidate, any hesitation suggests your patriotism…
In the words of Chomsky
We live in the same world and belong to the same species. Our experiences – both individually and collectively – are fundamentally similar despite our vast variety and differences, and…
The blessed and the not-so-blessed economies
The world economy is in transition. The richest economies were exposed during Covid. Their might of resources was questioned. The height of knowledge was mocked. Having had a torrid time…
The spectre of annihilation
The recent statement of an Israeli minister wherein he suggested dropping a nuclear bomb on Gaza has terrified billions of pacifists across the world. Israeli minister for heritage Amihai Ben-Eliyahu,…
